"懦夫" meaning in Chinese

See 懦夫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /nɔ̃²² hu³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 懦夫
  1. coward; craven
    Sense id: en-懦夫-zh-noun-ZlDbHh-f Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Synonyms: 怯夫 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 膽小鬼 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 孬火藥 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 冇膽鬼 [Cantonese], 冇膽匪類 [Cantonese], 苶毬 [Jin, Taiyuan], 荏貨 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 懾屎跤 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 荏貨 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 統雞 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 術仔 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 膽小鬼 [Southern-Pinghua, Nanning, Tingzi], 孱頭 [Wu, Shanghai], 孱頭東西 [Wu, Shanghai], 膽小鬼兒 [Wu, Hangzhou]
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "懦夫",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [],
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        "coward; craven"
      ],
      "id": "en-懦夫-zh-noun-ZlDbHh-f",
      "links": [
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ],
        [
          "craven",
          "craven"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "formal",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "怯夫"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern-Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "膽小鬼"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southwestern-Mandarin",
            "Chengdu"
          ],
          "word": "孬火藥"
        },
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            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "冇膽鬼"
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            "Hong Kong"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "冇膽匪類"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Jin",
            "Taiyuan"
          ],
          "word": "苶毬"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "荏貨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Quanzhou"
          ],
          "word": "懾屎跤"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "荏貨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Zhangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "統雞"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "GT"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan",
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "術仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Southern-Pinghua",
            "Nanning",
            "Tingzi"
          ],
          "word": "膽小鬼"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "孱頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "孱頭東西"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Hangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "膽小鬼兒"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒ͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nō͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no³ hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁴-fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nwò-fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuohfu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nofu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нофу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noh fū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒ͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒo-hu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃²² hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nō͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nōo-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noxhw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no³ hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nò hu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "懦夫"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "懦夫",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 夫",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 懦",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "zh:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coward; craven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coward",
          "coward"
        ],
        [
          "craven",
          "craven"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒ͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nō͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no³ hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuòfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁴-fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nwò-fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nuohfu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nofu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "нофу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noh fū"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no⁶ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔː²² fuː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒ͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nǒo-hu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃²² hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nō͘-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nōo-hu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "noxhw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "no³ hu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "nò hu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/no²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hu³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Written-vernacular-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "怯夫"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern-Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "膽小鬼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southwestern-Mandarin",
        "Chengdu"
      ],
      "word": "孬火藥"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "冇膽鬼"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "冇膽匪類"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan"
      ],
      "word": "苶毬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "荏貨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "懾屎跤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "荏貨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "統雞"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "GT"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "術仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Pinghua",
        "Nanning",
        "Tingzi"
      ],
      "word": "膽小鬼"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "孱頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "孱頭東西"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Hangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "膽小鬼兒"
    }
  ],
  "word": "懦夫"
}

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